Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1915 — BIG SEAT SALE AT RIVERSIDE LAFAYETTE [ARTICLE]

BIG SEAT SALE AT RIVERSIDE LAFAYETTE

SI. Joseph’s College Team Will Oppose City League Leaders in Game at Lafayette Sunday.

Lafayette Journal. Work is progressing rapidly on the new Riverside baseball park near the waterworks pumping station on Canal street. While all the improvements contemplated will not be finished by Sunday, there will be enough of the grand stand completed to seat six hundred people and the new bleachers on the east side of the grounds will seat several hundred more. The Riverside opponents will be the St. Joseph’s college team of Rensselaer, with Otto Ricks pitching for the college lads. One thousand tickets have already been sold for the game on Sunday and there is still a demand for more. A big crowd will witness the game. Extra men will be put on today to finish the new grand star.d in time for the game. The diamond has been put in big league shape and the new park presents a business like appearance. The opening game Sunday will be called at 2 o’clock.